021 Sammonisms- A solid collection of good advice from Rick Sammon’s workshops

by Larry Becker

Rick and Larry discuss some of Rick’s thoughtful memory tools he shares with his photography students. They’re called Sammonisms and Larry & Rick go through them and explore why each is important.

Sammonisms

– The name of the game is to fill the frame.
– Dead center is deadly.
– When you think you are close, get closer.
– The camera looks both ways. Adapted from Freeman Patterson’s “The Camera Points Both Ways.”
– Expose for the highlights.
– Use your camera like a spaceship. (A Dick Zakia philosophy.)
– Light illuminates, shadows define. Shadows are your friend. Shadows are the soul of the photograph.
– Backlight = shoot tight.
– Make pictures, just don’t take pictures.
– See eye to eye – shoot eye to eye.
– Take the darn flash off the camera.
– Don’t oversaturate.
– Make a one-picture promise – to yourself.
– We are a part of everyone we meet.
– People want to know how much you care before they care how much you know.

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Picturing Success is a podcast about the art and business of photography, and how to make a living as a photographer. World famous photographer, Rick Sammon and photo industry insider, Larry Becker, interview the best photographers in the world and cover topics to help aspiring shooters and pro photographers to be better artists and more profitable business people.